Critical currents and thermally activated flux motion in high-temperature superconductors

T. T.M. Palstra; B. Batlogg; R. B. Van Dover; L. F. Schneemeyer; J. V. Waszczak

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Critical currents and thermally activated flux motion in high-temperature superconductors

T. T.M. Palstra, B. Batlogg, R. B. Van Dover, L. F. Schneemeyer, J. V. Waszczak

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Abstract

We have measured the resistance below T_c of single crystals of the high-temperature superconductors Ba₂YCu₃O₇ and Bi_2.2Sr₂Ca_0.8Cu₂O _8+δ in magnetic fields up to 12 T. The resistive transition of both compounds is dominated by intrinsic dissipation which is thermally activated, resulting in an exponential temperature dependence of the resistivity well below T_c. The dissipation is significantly larger and of different character in the Bi-Cu compound than in Ba₂YCu ₃O₇. The relation between the activated behavior and the depinning critical current is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	763-765
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	54
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.101474
State	Published - 1989

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